Residents of Gulu City have requested Parliament to prioritise the completion of the regional most cancers centre within the new monetary 12 months describing the rising circumstances of most cancers sufferers within the area as distressing.
According to the Laroo-Pece Member of Parliament, Hon. Charles Onen greater than 10,000 most cancers sufferers have been registered on the Gulu most cancers centre in 2023.
“A medical report from Uganda Cancer Institute exhibits that final 12 months, Gulu most cancers centre alone registered 10,898 most cancers circumstances with many ladies affected by breast most cancers, cervical most cancers and so many males with prostate most cancers,” mentioned Onen.
The legislator mentioned the group is disturbed by experiences indicating that majority of the circumstances are kids beneath 15 years adopted by girls that suffer from breast most cancers.
Onen made this name on the launch of a medical camp at Pece Primary School in Gulu City presided over by the Speaker, Anita Among on Tuesday, 27 August 2024.
The five-day medical camp is organised as a part of Parliament’s company social duty throughout the regional sittings in Gulu City from 28 to30 August 2024.
According to Onen, the funds required are supposed to full building of the 2 remaining phases of the centre and for the acquisition of 15 acres of land for enlargement.
Gulu City Mayor, Alfred Okwonga advocated for town’s urgent wants of for infrastructural growth citing Kaunda Grounds which he recommended Parliament’s help in fencing it.
“For Gulu metropolis, we want Kaunda grounds to be developed to a typical park to have the ability to host any occasion which you’re already engaged on. Pece Stadium needs to be developed to a contemporary stadium. We want an industrial park and museum all which might facilitate social financial within the Northern Region,” mentioned Okwonga.
He additionally recommended Among for ‘making historical past’ because the creator of regional Parliament sittings, saying those that are preventing the sittings are preventing individuals.
“This is your legacy in your management as a result of the sitting goes to empower the talk on native points. As MPs come on the bottom, they are going to see the state of affairs and talk about primarily based on information,” mentioned Okwonga.
Speaker Among on her half pledged to deploy an analogous technique utilized in mobilising funds for the Nsambya Cancer Centre to finish the centre in Gulu.
“We have been supporting Nsambya Cancer Centre, we’re going to help you. When we maintain regional sittings, we go away an impression within the space,” mentioned Among.
She added, “we’ve got been capable of construct trendy bathrooms at Pece Primary School courtesy of regional sittings and we’re going to put a photo voltaic pump in order that the varsity doesn’t need to pay for electrical energy to pump water”.
Parliament will for the 5 days help the supply of healing and preventive well being providers by way of the medical camp at Pece Primary School.
These providers embrace, blood donation, HIV testing and counselling, screening for Hepatitis B and remedy of different common diseases.
